Silk Road
The ancient Silk Road began in the Chinese city of Changan (present-day Xi'an) and ran westward across deserts to oases and over mountain passes, through the great Central Asian tradi...
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The Silk Road Bridges East and West
Overview
The opening of the Silk Road, which ultimately linked China with Europe, was one of the most important undertakings in the history of exploration prior to ...
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Trade in the classical civilizations was an important aspect of their society. Trade not only allowed for goods and services to be exchanged but culture, religion, and diseases. Eventually over tim...
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From the ancient oasis towns of Central Asia, we retraced the epic journeys traveled along the Silk Road through desolate mountains and deserts, through busy bazaars and crumbling mud-bri...
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For decades, officials have dreamed of a railway network spanning Asia, linking cities as diverse as Kuala Lumpur and Kabul, Yangon and Yerevan.
Greater connections among existing rail net...
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Yo-Yo Ma is hitting the road _ the Silk Road to China.It's the first time since 2001 that the cellist has taken his Silk Road Project to that key region of the ancient trade route, which stretched ...
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Berlin (dpa) - Sensational recent archaeological finds from
Xinjiang, China's most northwestern province, are on show for the
first time in Europe at The Origins of the Silk...
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Selected editorial excerpts from the Japanese press:
THE NEW SILK ROAD (The Japan Times, an English-language daily)
Over the past several years, institutes, programs and projects
have be...
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SHANGHAI, Dec 22 (Reuters) - An 800-year-old merchant ship
was raised from the bottom of the South China Sea on Saturday,
loaded with artefacts that might confirm the existence of an
ancient marit...
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The Chicago Symphony Orchestra said Thursday that it balanced its budget for the 2006-2007 season, a difficult feat for an arts organization and a first for the symphony since 2003.A leading offici...
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Western sections of the Great Wall of China are being reduced to "mounds of dirt" by sandstorms and may disappear entirely in 20 years, a report said Wednesday.The reasons for the deterioration are...
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Islamabad (dpa) - Pakistani security forces were placed on high
alert Tuesday to deal with a growing backlash by Islamic extremists
and members of the general public over th...
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Tommy Tune will return to musical theater, directing "Turn of the Century," a world premiere that will be part of an ambitious 2008-2009 season at Chicago's Goodman Theatre."The show is an original...
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Silk Road
The Silk Road Bridges East and West
Trade across Eurasia and Africa: Silk Road
Traveling China's Ancient Silk Road
